one ounce of (C. P.) cyanide of potassium (ninety-eight per cent), one fluid ounce of sulphuric acid, and two fluid ounces of water shall be used. The cyanide of potassium shall be placed in an earthenware vessel, the water poured over the said cyanide of potassium, afterward adding the sulphuric acid, and the tent or box to be immediately closed tightly, and allowed to remain closed for not less than forty minutes. After said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts or scions have been treated with hydrocyanic acid gas as above directed, they shall remain in quarantine for fourteen days, unless otherwise directed by the inspecting officer, for subsequent inspection, and if deemed necessary by a member of the State Board of Horticulture, or the quarantine officer of said board, or a duly commissioned quarantine guardian, for subsequent disinfection.

Rule 9-All trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions imported or brought into the state shall be inspected upon arrival at the quarantine station in the district of final destination, and if found infested with any injurious insects or diseases which can not be destroyed by the remedies required in Rules 7 and 8 of these regulations, are hereby prohibited from being planted or offered for sale, gift, or distribution, and shall be proceeded against as a nuisance.

Rule 10-If any person or persons having in their possession trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, scions, seeds, or pits infested with an insect or insects, or with any fungi, blight or other disease or diseases injurious to fruit trees, or to any other trees or plants, shall refuse or neglect to disinfect the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, scions, seeds, or pits as is required by Rules 7 and 8 of these regulations, after having been notified to do so by a member of the State Board of Horticulture, the quarantine officer of said board or a duly commissioned quarantine guardian, the said trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, scions, seeds, or pits shall be declared a public nuisance, and shall be proceeded against as provided by law.

Rule 11-Animals known as flying fox, Australian or English wild rabbits, or other animals or birds detrimental to fruit or fruit trees, plants, etc., are prohibited from being brought or landed in this state, and, if landed, shall be destroyed.

Rule 12-Quarantine stations: For the first district, comprising the counties of Multnomah, Clackamas, Yamhill, Washington, Columbia, Clatsop, and Tallamook, shall be Portland. W. K. Newell, quarantine officer, or any member of the board or the secretary thereof. For the second district, comprising the counties of Marion, Polk, Benton, Linn, Lincoln, and Lane, shall be Salem. L. T. Reynolds, quarantine officer, or any member of the board or the secretary thereof. For the third district, comprising the counties of Josephine, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Lake, and Klamath, shall be Ashland. A. H. Carson, quarantine officer, or any member of the board or the secretary thereof. For the fourth district, comprising the counties of Morrow, Wasco, Gillman, Crook, and Sherman, shall be The Dalles. Emile Schanno, quarantine officer, or any member of the board or the secretary thereof. For the fifth district, comprising the counties of Umatilla, Union, Baker, Wallowa, Malheur, Grant, and Harney, shall be Milton and Pendleton. Judd Geer, quarantine officer, or any member of

the board or the secretary thereof. At all stations such other quarantine officers as may be from time to time appointed by the board, notice whereof will be given, and complete lists of whom may be obtained from the secretary or any member of the board.

Rule 13-Importers or owners of nursery stock, trees or cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions, desiring to have such nursery stock, trees, plants, cuttings, grafts, buds, or scions inspected at points other than regular quarantine stations may have such inspection done where required; provided however, that such importers shall pay all charges of inspection; such charges and expenses to be paid before a certificate is granted. Transportation companies or persons and consignees or agents shall deliver and cause to be detained all nursery stock, trees, plants, and fruit at one or the other of the quarantine stations, for inspection, as provided by the rules and regulations of the board.

Rule 14—The fee for the inspection of apple, pear, plum, peach, nectarine, prune, cherry, apricot, nut-bearing trees, and all other trees, shrubs, or plants, shall be as follows: Thirty cents per hour, including the time from leaving home, inspection and return home of the inspector, and actual traveling and other expenses. On all fruits the fee for inspection shall be $1.00 on any sum up to $35, and $2.00 on any sum over that amount, and $5.00 for car-load lots.

Rule 15-All persons growing nursery stock, trees, and plants for sale, or to be offered for sale, are hereby required to report to the commissioner of the district in which said nursery stock, trees, or plants are grown for inspection during the months of September, October, or November of each and every year; and the commissioner of such district, or his duly appointed deputy, shall inspect such nursery stock, trees, or plants prior to shipment and delivery. When said nursery stock, trees, or plants are found by said inspecting officer to be worthy of a certificate setting forth the freedom of such nursery stock, trees, or plants from live, injurious insect pests, their eggs, larvæ, pupæ or fungous disease, the said inspecting officer shall then issue to the owner or owners of said nursery stock, trees, or plants a certificate of inspection. The condition under which this certificate is granted is, that the party or parties receiving such certificate shall be compelled to disinfect by fumigation with hydrocyanic acid gas, as described in Rule 8, all pear and apple trees, or other stock grown on apple roots, after lifting the same and before delivery to puschaser or carriers; and, in case such fumigation is neglected, said certificate of inspection shall be void and of no effect.

Passed at a meeting of the State Board of Horticulture at Portland, Oregon, April 3, 1895, and amended at a regular meeting of the State Board of Horticulture at Salem, Oregon, October 15, A. D. 1895.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT.

APRIL, 1901.

To the State Board of Horticulture

GENTLEMEN: I can not ascertain that any formal report of your chairman to this meeting is contemplated by our horticultural law. However, as he is intrusted with the supervision of the work of the commissioners, suggestions may not be out of place. Secretary Dosch having been appointed Superintendent of the Oregon exhibits at the Pan-American Exposition, I very reluctantly accepted his resignation, and upon his recommendation appointed Mr. George H. Lamberson, secretary pro tempore. Of this action you were duly advised. Mr. Lamberson's appointment expires to-day, and it will be necessary for you to make further provision for filling the vacancy caused by Superintendent Dosch's resignation. Several applications have been received for appointment as secretary, and these are now laid before you.

I also submit a form to be used by you in future orchard inspection, if it meets your approval. By using this form we will have more definite information as to the ownership, location, condition, acreage, and varieties of fruit grown in the state. It is eminently desirable that we have more data upon these subjects. On April 23 I attended a meeting of representative fruit growers at La Grande, where an organization was effected and arrangements made for the construction of a large two-story fruit house, built of stone. On Saturday, the 6th instant, I also addressed a large meeting of horticulturists at Milton, and endeavored to impress upon them the advantage of organized over individual efforts. The sentiment was unanimous in favor of incorporating a cooperative fruit union, and preliminary steps were taken to that end.

The fruit industry of Oregon is rapidly developing, and all the nurseries of the state, so far as I can ascertain, are bare of desirable varieties of trees.

I look forward to much benefit to accrue to our fruit growers from the enforcement of the pure food law of our last

3-YEAR WAGNER APPLE TREE, IN ORCHARD OF SEARS & PORTER, HOOD RIVER, OREGON. BOX OF APPLES PICKED FROM SAME SOLD FOR $2.00.